Doctor Who Already Hinted At How Whittaker's Regeneration Will Happen
Doctor Who has already hinted at how Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor will regenerate, and it might be a result of excess memories. The former Broadchurch star took on the role of the iconic Time Lord in 2017, in turn becoming the first female actor to play the Doctor in a leading capacity. Now, her time on the BBC flagship series is coming to a close, with Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa set to take over.
Jodie Whittaker will bid farewell to the 13th Doctor in an upcoming feature-length special, set to air fall 2022 as part of the BBC's centenary celebrations. Alongside the Daleks and Cybermen, returning for the occasion is Sacha Dhawan's psychotic incarnation of the Master, who pulverized the Time Lords' home planet upon learning about the mythical Timeless Child and its true identity. As per the season 12 finale, the Doctor is the Timeless Child; an otherworldly regenerative being from whom Gallifreyans gene-spliced the ability to regenerate, thus becoming Time Lords. Eventually adopting the title «The Doctor,» the child was stripped of their memories by the pioneering Tecteun, leaving the heroic Time Lord introduced to audiences in 1963 none the wiser about their former lives.
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Season 13, episode 5, «Survivors of the Flux,» sees the 13th Doctor reunited with Tecteun, the merciless Gallifreyan scientist who happened upon the mysterious Timeless Child beneath a dimensional boundary. Before perishing at the hand of Ravager Swarm, Tecteun tempts this version of the Doctor into regaining her stolen memories by opening a chameleon arch in the form of a fob watch. Naturally, she doesn't submit to Tecteun's offer and instead pockets the device,
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